2022/11/09/Nix issue - Revision history

Woozle: /* Where We Are */

2022-11-10T00:51:25Z

Where We Are

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	The backup may take too long to finish today, but it looks like the upgrade should happen in the next 24 hours.		The backup may take too long to finish today, but it looks like the upgrade should happen in the next 24 hours.

			Once that's done, there's some documentation to be updated and also the backup routines need to be fixed.

Woozle at 00:50, 10 November 2022

2022-11-10T00:50:32Z

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	[[/sidetrack]]: why won't {{l/htyp\|usermod}} work. [SOLVED]		[[/sidetrack]]: why won't {{l/htyp\|usermod}} work. [SOLVED]
	==~~Working Here~~==		==Where I Was==
	Take 1:		Take 1:
	woozle@SamEagle:~/nextcloud/statler/woozle/projects/web/Mastodon/TootCat/nixos-config$ nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command		woozle@SamEagle:~/nextcloud/statler/woozle/projects/web/Mastodon/TootCat/nixos-config$ nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command
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	no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")		no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
	...but the nix command still gives the same error.		...but the nix command still gives the same error.
			==Where We Are==
			...and then Nixpert seriously dived in and first helped me figure out a bunch of stuff, and then tidied up the repo and ran a merge of the latest GlitchSoc repo, and now we're doing a backup before finally running the update.

			The backup may take too long to finish today, but it looks like the upgrade should happen in the next 24 hours.

Woozle: /* Working Here */

2022-11-09T22:41:08Z

Working Here

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	no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")		no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
			...but the nix command still gives the same error.

Woozle: /* Working Here */

2022-11-09T22:39:55Z

Working Here

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	Well, that obviously means something.		Well, that obviously means something.

			After installing <code>git-crypt</code> on the local system (which feels a bit like whacking the side of the TV, as opposed to knowing what I'm doing), it's now this:
			woozle@SamEagle:~/nextcloud/statler/woozle/projects/web/Mastodon/TootCat/nixos-config$ git status
			On branch main
			Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

			Changes not staged for commit:
			(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
			(use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
			modified: update.sh

			no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

Woozle at 21:59, 9 November 2022

2022-11-09T21:59:42Z

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   woozle@SamEagle:~/nextcloud/statler/woozle/projects/web/Mastodon/TootCat/nixos-config$ nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command
   error: getting status of /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket: Permission denied
+==Permissions Problem [SOLVED]==
 Invoking sudo does at least produce a different result:
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 [[/sidetrack]]: why won't {{l/htyp|usermod}} work. [SOLVED]

Woozle at 21:45, 9 November 2022

2022-11-09T21:45:02Z

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	error: getting status of /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket: Permission denied		error: getting status of /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket: Permission denied

	[[/sidetrack]]: why won't {{l/htyp\|usermod}} work.		[[/sidetrack]]: why won't {{l/htyp\|usermod}} work. [SOLVED]

Woozle at 21:18, 9 November 2022

2022-11-09T21:18:41Z

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	I don't recall needing to jump through these hoops when I first ran this script, successfully, some months ago... but maybe it makes a difference that I'm now using a distro (Linux Mint 21) that is a little bit behind the distro I was using then (Ubuntu-MATE 22.04). Maybe Nix can be used to update itself to the most recent version?		I don't recall needing to jump through these hoops when I first ran this script, successfully, some months ago... but maybe it makes a difference that I'm now using a distro (Linux Mint 21) that is a little bit behind the distro I was using then (Ubuntu-MATE 22.04). Maybe Nix can be used to update itself to the most recent version?

			A Nixpert (I don't know if she wants credit/identification) in the TootCat Discord is providing me with some more information, as is shadow!admin. The following command should override the error messages:
			nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' develop
			Explanation for why "develop" is outside the single-quotes: "develop is a subcommand. this is just nix develop but with some features enabled." I don't entirely understand that, but maybe it will make sense later, and it gives me a bit more context.
			error: experimental Nix feature 'nix-command' is disabled; use '--extra-experimental-features nix-command' to override
			woozle@SamEagle:~/nextcloud/statler/woozle/projects/web/Mastodon/TootCat/nixos-config$ nix --extra-experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' develop
			error: getting status of /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket: Permission denied

			[[/sidetrack]]: why won't {{l/htyp\|usermod}} work.

Woozle: Created page with "{{fmt/title|the Nix upgrade script issue: Day Two}} {{subpage/date}} [https://toot.cat/@jhelwig/109314571331799093 Jacob Helwig suggested] that I look at user groups. My user..."

2022-11-09T20:50:29Z

Created page with "{{fmt/title|the Nix upgrade script issue: Day Two}} {{subpage/date}} [https://toot.cat/@jhelwig/109314571331799093 Jacob Helwig suggested] that I look at user groups. My user..."

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[https://toot.cat/@jhelwig/109314571331799093 Jacob Helwig suggested] that I look at user groups. My user (<code>woozle</code>, i.e. my usual login on this machine) is indeed ''not'' in the <code>nix-users</code> group -- but adding myself to the <code>nix-users</code> group doesn't seem to help:
woozle@SamEagle:~/nextcloud/statler/woozle/projects/web/Mastodon/TootCat/nixos-config$ nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command
error: getting status of /nix/var/nix/daemon-socket/socket: Permission denied

Invoking sudo does at least produce a different result:

woozle@SamEagle:~/nextcloud/statler/woozle/projects/web/Mastodon/TootCat/nixos-config$ sudo nix develop --extra-experimental-features nix-command
error: experimental Nix feature 'flakes' is disabled; use '--extra-experimental-features flakes' to override

I don't recall needing to jump through these hoops when I first ran this script, successfully, some months ago... but maybe it makes a difference that I'm now using a distro (Linux Mint 21) that is a little bit behind the distro I was using then (Ubuntu-MATE 22.04). Maybe Nix can be used to update itself to the most recent version?